A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Dunkirk$1,050/mo

Typical home $170K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $814/mo · Housing →

Alger$1,100/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $644/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

DunkirkAlger

Snow a year26″19″

January low18°F 19°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)182d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 53rd

Outdoors & history

DunkirkAlger

Settled1852 1896

Archive photos12 6

Famous people born here—1

Community

DunkirkAlger

Library hours a week41 hrs 44 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

12 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DunkirkAlger

Dunkirk ↔ Alger12 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Ohio average

DunkirkAlger

People

Population 839Highest 718Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.5%Lowest OH: +2.3% -2.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 34.9±7.5Lowest 12% below OH 38.3±13Highest 4% below OH

Alger and Dunkirk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 27.5%±5.6Highest OH: 22% 22.8%±9.3Lowest OH: 22%

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 14.9%±2.9Lowest OH: 18.3% 21%±9.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Alger and Dunkirk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.1%Highest OH: 31.5% 2.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±4.2Highest OH: 5.6% 1.7%±2.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,286±$13kHighest 31% below OH $38,333±$7kLowest 46% below OH

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $99,200±$22kHighest 54% below OH $68,500±$33kLowest 68% below OH

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $814±$165Highest 21% below OH $644±$619Lowest 38% below OH

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,133Highest 60% below OH $912Lowest 68% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 16.7%±18.5Lowest OH: 45.9% 22.5%±42.8Highest OH: 45.9%

Alger and Dunkirk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.2%Lowest OH: 13.3% 39%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.9%Highest OH: 67.2% 73.1%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 32 yrs older than OH 1970Highest same as OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 34% above OH 26 minLowest 12% above OH

Work from home 7.5%±6.2Highest OH: 13% 2%±2.7Lowest OH: 13%

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.3%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kenton (10%)Lima (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlgerFew work in Dunkirk

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 55.0Lowest 178Highest

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Dunkirk vs Alger

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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